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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
Agriculture		Chesapeake Bay Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products.
Agriculture Branch	AB		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture Branch	AB		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture Control Program	ACP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture Division	AD		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture Division	AD		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture/Forestry		Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: How community or regional agricultural and/or forestry industries will be impacted or proposed strategies or plans to mitigate impacts to agriculture and/or forestry included in RAINE database.
Agriculture Industry		Web Taxonomy-Industries	Taxonomy	Definition: The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. [NAICS]
Agriculture-related water reuse		Regulations and End-Use Specifications Explorer Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The use of recycled water for production of both crops for human consumption and non-food crops of commercial value. This reuse application excludes livestock watering, onsite non-potable reuse, and landscape irrigation.
Commercial Agriculture		Hazard Ranking System Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Production of crops for sale, including crops intended for widespread distribution (e.g., supermarkets) and more limited distribution (e.g., local produce stands), and any nonfood crops such as cotton and tobacco. Commercial agriculture does not include livestock production, livestock grazing, or crops grown for household consumption (e.g., backyard garden or fruit trees).
Department of Agriculture	DOA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990	FACTA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Food and Agriculture Organization	FAO		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Food and Agriculture Organization	FAO	Pesticides Reregistration Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture	NASDA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Raw Agriculture Commodity	RAC	Pesticides Reregistration Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
Sustainable Agriculture		Pesticides Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Environmentally friendly methods of farming that allow the production of crops or livestock without damage to the farm as an ecosystem, including effects on soil, water supplies, biodiversity, or other surrounding natural resources. The concept of sustainable agriculture is an "intergenerational" one in which we pass on a conserved or improved natural resource base instead of one which has been depleted or polluted. Terms often associated with farms or ranches that are self-sustaining include "low-input," organic, "ecological," "biodynamic," and "permaculture."
sustainable agriculture		Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Environmentally friendly methods of farming that allow the production of crops or livestock without damage to the farm as an ecosystem, including effects on soil, water supplies, biodiversity, or other surrounding natural resources. The concept of sustainable agriculture is an "intergenerational" one in which we pass on a conserved or improved natural resource base instead of one which has been depleted or polluted. Terms often associated with farms or ranches that are self-sustaining include "low-input," organic, "ecological," "biodynamic," and "permaculture."
U. S. Department of Agriculture	USDA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
United States Department of Agriculture	USDA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
United States Department of Agriculture	USDA	Pesticides Reregistration Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA	Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List
U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA	Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
U.S. Department of Agriculture	USDA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service	USDA-FS	Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List
Water and Agriculture Policy Division	WAPD		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Agriculture		EPA EV-Fields of Study	Taxonomy	Definition: The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products. [Chesapeake Bay Glossary]
Agriculture Disaster		EPA EV-Environmental Events-Emergencies & Disasters	Taxonomy	Definition 1: Natural disaster losses, resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities. [USDA Farm Service Agency at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA] Definition 2: Four types of disaster designations are made: 1) Presidential major disaster declaration; 2) USDA Secretarial disaster designation; 3) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator's Physical Loss Notification and, 4) Quarantine designation. [USDA Farm Service Agency at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA]
Agriculture Water Resource		EPA EV-Natural Environments-Natural Resources	Taxonomy
Organic Agriculture		EPA EV-Biological Substances-Humans-Human Activities & Behaviors	Taxonomy	Definition: A concept and practice of agricultural production that focuses on production without the use of synthetic inputs and does not allow the use of transgenic organisms. [USDA Glossary of Agricultural Biotechnology Terms]
Row Crop Agriculture		EPA EV-Biological Substances-Humans-Human Activities & Behaviors	Taxonomy	Definition: The rows or planting beds are far enough apart to permit the operation of machinery between them for cultural operations. [EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf]
Sustainable Agriculture		EPA EV-Social & Economic Factors-Economic Factors	Taxonomy	Definition: Environmentally friendly methods of farming that allow the production of crops or livestock without damage to the farm as an ecosystem, including effects on soil, water supplies, biodiversity, or other surrounding natural resources. The concept of sustainable agriculture is an "intergenerational" one in which we pass on a conserved or improved natural resource base instead of one which has been depleted or polluted. Terms often associated with farms or ranches that are self-sustaining include "low-input," organic, "ecological," "biodynamic," and "permaculture." [Pesticides Glossary; Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms]
U.S. Department of Agriculture		EPA EV-Regulatory Activities-Regulatory Roles	Taxonomy

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